My request fall along the same lines. I want auto, universal flip. alot of times using the phone upside down is more convenient because of the headphone jack being at the bottom. but not all apps flip. I want a universal flipper so that every time I'm using the phone upside down any and every app flips.
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The iOS 10 Wishlist Thread (merged)
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My request fall along the same lines. I want auto, universal flip. alot of times using the phone upside down is more convenient because of the headphone jack being at the bottom. but not all apps flip. I want a universal flipper so that every time I'm using the phone upside down any and every app flips.
Notification Sync across all devices. When I clear a notification on one, clear on all. This was actually a feature in one of the betas for iOS 7 a while back. They removed it though.
Some of my whishes:
- Ability to create contact groups in iOS. Why we still can't do that is beyond me.
- iCloud Photo Library enhancements. Why am I not able to delete the local photo's when they are uploaded in the cloud?? Now it consumes a lot of space. The idea of photo's in the cloud is availability AND saving storage space.
- Ability to delete stock apps like…Stocks.
- Make control centre customisable
- Ability to set a specific Wifi SSID as preferred (in my case the 5GHz channel) as you can in OS X
- Why are my e-mail notifications not syncing? iCloud mail on OS X pops up, I delete the mail, still a notification on iOS
- Why does iOS show me a preview of a .txt/.rtf file in iCloud Drive, but when I open it Pages wants to convert it to a .pages file?
- Get rid of the Library-style iCloud Drive folders for Pages/Numbers etc.
- Why can I not copy photo's to iCloud Drive
- Why can't Spotlight search files in iCloud Drive?
- Ability to ad files from iCloud Drive to Music. For example ringtones or regular songs
- Copy/paste items in Calendar
- In Music a better layout. Artist → album → songs. Not Artist → list of all songs in albums…
- When searching in Music for a song, the next song should be the next song on the album, NOT the next song in your search list…(they are often not related in any way)
- Word swipe gesture support (like Swype, Swiftkey, Path Input) in Apple's own keyboard so you can remain using Siri and on lock screen
- Allow Siri for third party keyboards
- Allow third party keyboards on lock screen to quick reply to notifications
- Slide Over selection (remove the ones you don't want to see and/or search button)
- Finder for iOS
- Customisable control center
- Systemwide dark mode for (stock) apps
- Better UI for iPads, make use of the space
- Remove stock apps you don't want to use and add them to the App Store so if you decide to use them after all you can add them again
- Allow more user profiles on iPad also for consumers
- Better support for URL schemes / demand apps to add this to their app and or certain features so I can easily start up certain features or apps via Launcher app
- Ability to choose an order for wifi/3G/4G list of favorite networks so you connect to your own wifi (much quicker) instead of the wifi of your neighbor (free wifi from provider but much slower)
- Improve Mail app by adding e.g. snooze feature, better way of handling atttachments on the iPhone (like Spark, Airmail, Outlook)
some suggestions were already mentioned by e.g. rudychidiac
- Allow Siri for third party keyboards
- Allow third party keyboards on lock screen to quick reply to notifications
- Slide Over selection (remove the ones you don't want to see and/or search button)
- Finder for iOS
- Customisable control center
- Systemwide dark mode for (stock) apps
- Better UI for iPads, make use of the space
- Remove stock apps you don't want to use and add them to the App Store so if you decide to use them after all you can add them again
- Allow more user profiles on iPad also for consumers
- Better support for URL schemes / demand apps to add this to their app and or certain features so I can easily start up certain features or apps via Launcher app
- Ability to choose an order for wifi/3G/4G list of favorite networks so you connect to your own wifi (much quicker) instead of the wifi of your neighbor (free wifi from provider but much slower)
- Improve Mail app by adding e.g. snooze feature, better way of handling atttachments on the iPhone (like Spark, Airmail, Outlook)
some suggestions were already mentioned by e.g. rudychidiac
- Option to change Touch ID unlock speed
- iOS profiles (esp. for iPad)
- Dark mode
- Customisable control centre with 3D Touch support
- Widgets on lock screen
- Improved notifications
- Customisable Siri proactive screen
- Allow us to put apps wherever on the home screen
- I want to be able to create smart mailboxes and reorder each folder like in OS X Mail
- iOS profiles (esp. for iPad)
- Dark mode
- Customisable control centre with 3D Touch support
- Widgets on lock screen
- Improved notifications
- Customisable Siri proactive screen
- Allow us to put apps wherever on the home screen
- I want to be able to create smart mailboxes and reorder each folder like in OS X Mail
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Apple should IMHO go the last mile on Notes and iCloud Drive (which are already great), and add the final features that would enable me to migrate away from their competitors, for which I am paying a premium:
- Add "Share Note" in Notes (create public link). That will enable me to replace Evernote with Notes.
- When saving a file, "add to dropbox", but no "add to icloud drive"??? Only thing preventing me to drop dropbox.
That would definently increase the value offering of iOS.
Other features wanted:
- Automatic contact cleanup
- Automatic sort of apps into folders based on categories
- Add "Share Note" in Notes (create public link). That will enable me to replace Evernote with Notes.
- When saving a file, "add to dropbox", but no "add to icloud drive"??? Only thing preventing me to drop dropbox.
That would definently increase the value offering of iOS.
Other features wanted:
- Automatic contact cleanup
- Automatic sort of apps into folders based on categories
As a temp solution did you know you can use the workflow app to add a share extension to notes which saves it to Dropbox and copies the link to your clipboard
Would be great if in iOS 10 would allow you to be able to set default apps to be use. That way you can use your apps you get from the app store instead of the ones that come with the OS. There is one other thing I would like to see is when you get a new iPhone and iPad they both should should have all the same apps right out of the box. That way we do not have to go get a third party app to do something on an iPhone then not on the iPad and the same with iPad then not on the iPhone.
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I don't have much on my wishlist, but, the few items I have may be difficult to implement. #1 is most important to me.
1) iMessage should have the ability to use DATA even though CELLULAR DATA is turned off on the phone (but still enabled through my carrier). Seeing MMS and SMS are free with most plans, iMessage should make use of DATA while stopping all other programs from using DATA. (just like my previous Sony phone). perhaps, it can be implemented in an exception list. Instead of Enabling cellular data and picking the apps you don't want to have access, also implement Disabling cellular data and have a list of the Apps you want to give access. Either way, put iMessage on the list. After-all, it's just code
2) Battery life. Yup, message received I bet. Larger battery if possible (1600+mAH is worse than an AA battery)
3) Swipe on keyboard. Used it and loved it on the Android. If google can do it at v5, so can Apple at v10.
4) IP rating. Not necessary, just nice. I've known people who sweat enough to kill electronics.
5) Keep the camera recessed. Always.
6) Thicker phone is OK. Feels better. Heavier is fine too. Don't concern yourselves with shaving grams.
7) Hi Def audio. Like what Sony has. I like this even if I never use it
1) iMessage should have the ability to use DATA even though CELLULAR DATA is turned off on the phone (but still enabled through my carrier). Seeing MMS and SMS are free with most plans, iMessage should make use of DATA while stopping all other programs from using DATA. (just like my previous Sony phone). perhaps, it can be implemented in an exception list. Instead of Enabling cellular data and picking the apps you don't want to have access, also implement Disabling cellular data and have a list of the Apps you want to give access. Either way, put iMessage on the list. After-all, it's just code
2) Battery life. Yup, message received I bet. Larger battery if possible (1600+mAH is worse than an AA battery)
3) Swipe on keyboard. Used it and loved it on the Android. If google can do it at v5, so can Apple at v10.
4) IP rating. Not necessary, just nice. I've known people who sweat enough to kill electronics.
5) Keep the camera recessed. Always.
6) Thicker phone is OK. Feels better. Heavier is fine too. Don't concern yourselves with shaving grams.
7) Hi Def audio. Like what Sony has. I like this even if I never use it
I see some really cool ideas here, particularly for control center. But what I'd really like to see, and what I haven't seen yet, is a redesign or revamping of the dated home/lock screens. I mean, seriously, apart from Jony Ive's "flat redesign" obsession, the layout of the lock and home screen is virtually identical to the original iPhone OS from 2007!!! It's been nearly 10 years! C'mon Apple! Leave the grid layout for the app pages but give us something more useful for the home screen at least!
How about they replace Mobile Safari with the desktop version that happens to have a mobile UI? Chips are powerful enough these days.
One thing I hope Apple doesn't do is support all the old legacy devices like they did with iOS 9. I know, people like being able to hold onto their iPad 2 for decades, but the A5 hardware is really holding developers back from taking advantage of the latest chipsets which have really evolved since 2011.
Even if a developer wanted to limit the app to JUST iOS 9, they'd still have to support the iPad 2, iPad mini, iPhone 4S, and the 5th generation iPod Touch.
Last year, after WWDC, Apple quietly discontinued the first iPad mini, and they replaced the 5th generation iPod Touch with a 6th generation one, which has an A8 chip. Now that these devices are gone, Apple's current lineup features devices with A7 processors and later. Considering devices like the iPad mini 2 skipped the A6 chip, this tells me we probably won't see THESE devices running iOS 10 either. Apple doesn't sell them anymore, and they didn't have a very long run due to them being 32-bit while their successor, the A7, was 64-bit.
So, I imagine iOS 10 will support:
iPhone 5S and later
iPad Air and later
iPad mini 2 and later
iPad Pro (both variants)
iPod Touch (6th generation)
This would probably piss a few people off, especially iPhone 5C and iPad 4 owners. But, this means that every device they support will be Retina (so we'll probably have quite a few design changes, hopefully better management of space on the home screen for the iPads which are now Retina-only), every one will be 64-bit, so they'll all support things like Metal.
Hopefully iOS 10 is more forward thinking.
Even if a developer wanted to limit the app to JUST iOS 9, they'd still have to support the iPad 2, iPad mini, iPhone 4S, and the 5th generation iPod Touch.
Last year, after WWDC, Apple quietly discontinued the first iPad mini, and they replaced the 5th generation iPod Touch with a 6th generation one, which has an A8 chip. Now that these devices are gone, Apple's current lineup features devices with A7 processors and later. Considering devices like the iPad mini 2 skipped the A6 chip, this tells me we probably won't see THESE devices running iOS 10 either. Apple doesn't sell them anymore, and they didn't have a very long run due to them being 32-bit while their successor, the A7, was 64-bit.
So, I imagine iOS 10 will support:
iPhone 5S and later
iPad Air and later
iPad mini 2 and later
iPad Pro (both variants)
iPod Touch (6th generation)
This would probably piss a few people off, especially iPhone 5C and iPad 4 owners. But, this means that every device they support will be Retina (so we'll probably have quite a few design changes, hopefully better management of space on the home screen for the iPads which are now Retina-only), every one will be 64-bit, so they'll all support things like Metal.
Hopefully iOS 10 is more forward thinking.
- Double tap screen to wake up the phone.
- Shortcut gesture to open up camera, ie, double click home button or volume up botton.
- Mouse support, at least on iPad. That means bring USB OTG support.
- File system.
- Ability to add app into sharesheet. It is stupid to take an OS update to get things added to share sheet.
- System wide dark mode. This is must.
- Ability to change default application.
- Ability to drag and drop files to iPhone.
- Ability to import songs to music app after download from Safari or from Google Drive, OneDrive,iClound Drive etc.
Completely agree, it's time Apple just take out 32bit support. The support for 32bit apps means 64bit devices don't receive the highest quality app, like Modern Combat 5 is awful on my iPad Pro.
Another thing we really need is more granular control over restores.
I'd like to be able to set up as a new phone but restore messages and health data, for example, but not apps or any other settings whatsoever.
Apple should allow this so people can essentially reset their phones but restore a few extra things.
I'd like to be able to set up as a new phone but restore messages and health data, for example, but not apps or any other settings whatsoever.
Apple should allow this so people can essentially reset their phones but restore a few extra things.
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Things I want in iOS 10:
- Much more 3D Touch support throughout the OS - 3D Touch was marketed as the next generation of multi-touch so it has to live up to that and I want it to
- Coded entirely in Swift
- Live app icons - To add life/additional information into the home screen
- Improved performance/less stuttering
- Lock Screen complications/widgets or similar to again give us extra info
- Live wallpapers (NOT dynamic wallpapers like we have now) - Very much like Android, no activating by 3D Touch
- iPad to get improved split screen - To allow for things like 2 tabs in Safari side by side
- Notification sync - Clear a notification on your iPhone and it clears on all your other Apple devices as well
- Clear app cache ability - The amount of storage apps like Twitter and Facebook start to take up after a few months is just annoying. Let us clear these without having to delete and reinstall the app(s)
- Customisable Control Centre
- Group FaceTime calling
- Improve Siri and Allow 3rd Party app integration with Siri
- Drop support for 32 bit devices - At this point they are holding back advancements in iOS, 3rd party apps
- Much more 3D Touch support throughout the OS - 3D Touch was marketed as the next generation of multi-touch so it has to live up to that and I want it to
- Coded entirely in Swift
- Live app icons - To add life/additional information into the home screen
- Improved performance/less stuttering
- Lock Screen complications/widgets or similar to again give us extra info
- Live wallpapers (NOT dynamic wallpapers like we have now) - Very much like Android, no activating by 3D Touch
- iPad to get improved split screen - To allow for things like 2 tabs in Safari side by side
- Notification sync - Clear a notification on your iPhone and it clears on all your other Apple devices as well
- Clear app cache ability - The amount of storage apps like Twitter and Facebook start to take up after a few months is just annoying. Let us clear these without having to delete and reinstall the app(s)
- Customisable Control Centre
- Group FaceTime calling
- Improve Siri and Allow 3rd Party app integration with Siri
- Drop support for 32 bit devices - At this point they are holding back advancements in iOS, 3rd party apps
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No it doesn't. A hard reset should only reboot the phone. Not turn it off. Once it reboots it will be back online for tracking.
1) Able to select and transfer simultaneously several notes via AirDrop, as in the photos, and not just one by one
2) Be able to toggle on/off Mobile data in the Control Center as currently possible with WIFI
That's not much, is it?
2) Be able to toggle on/off Mobile data in the Control Center as currently possible with WIFI
That's not much, is it?